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Using IFTTT To Backup Kindle Highlights To Evernote

I’ve known about IFTTT.com for a while. If you’re not familiar, the IFTTT stands for If This, Then That. Its a web service that lets you create “recipes” that automate different processes. You can create your own recipes, or you can browse ones that other people have created, and either use them as-is or tweakContinue reading “Using IFTTT To Backup Kindle Highlights To Evernote”

TweetDeck for Chrome’s Killer Feature: Match

I switched to TweetDeck from Seesmic a long time ago. Unfortunately, news came out yesterday that Twitter is pretty much killing all the good things that were leftover from TweetDeck. Both the iPhone and Android apps are dead and will be removed from their app stores soon, and the TweetDeck AIR app, which most ofContinue reading “TweetDeck for Chrome’s Killer Feature: Match”

Tweet A Coffee Pot With Arduino

In college, I would often drink out of the same pot of coffee all day long. The challenge that I was that while I would have nice hot coffee in the morning, by the afternoon, the coffee maker had automatically turned off, and as such, my coffee was cold. If I was running home betweenContinue reading “Tweet A Coffee Pot With Arduino”

Buffer Helps You Avoid The Flood

I have over 250 feeds in my RSS reader, and I keep up with a TON of news that way. I also often find things that I want to share. Unfortunately, due to my schedule, I often plow through hundreds of news items in one sitting, and if I were to share everything I wantedContinue reading “Buffer Helps You Avoid The Flood”

Churches Going Social

I wrote previously about my church using SMS to add to the sermon experience, so I wasn’t too surprised to see this added to the information card that’s part of our bulletin: In addition to the regular information that you’re invited to share, our church now has fields for you to fill in your FacebookContinue reading “Churches Going Social”

Why Is Netflix So Anti-Social?

I’ve been a Netflix subscriber since September of 2008 – that’s nearly 3 years – and I’m a heavy user of the service. I actually use the streaming feature more, but I do the DVDs occasionally, as well (I’m horrible at remembering to return them). Thus far, I’ve rated over 200 movies, and I’ve spentContinue reading “Why Is Netflix So Anti-Social?”

Welcoming Microsoft Into Your Livingroom

I bought an Xbox 360 with Kinect a few months ago, and have done my best to fully embrace the idea and technology. The Kinect is definitely the future of how we interact with our in-home entertainment – gestures, voice command, facial recognition, it’s all there. Music and video content is readily available, too, withContinue reading “Welcoming Microsoft Into Your Livingroom”

What Worked At SXSW 2011

I just got back from SXSW 2011, the annual nerdfest that takes place in Austin, Texas each spring. It’s a pretty harsh environment for someone to remain constantly connected. SXSW is spread out over several venues and covers most of the downtown area of Austin, so you’re constantly walking between hotels and meeting rooms. DespiteContinue reading “What Worked At SXSW 2011”

Technology Enriching And Enabling Real Life

This past week, my wife and I announced that we’re pregnant. We had our first ultrasound (for this baby, and for us), and got to hear our child’s heartbeat for a few precious seconds. We got to see it, sort of (I still can’t see much in our sonogram, lol), at only 10 weeks intoContinue reading “Technology Enriching And Enabling Real Life”

Day 6: A Retreat

Six days in and I’ve already broken, sort of. While I’m still doing quite well at keeping my personal Internet use limited to my Nexus One, I’ve come across a few instances that simply must be done from my computer. 1. Organizing Flickr photos – while the Flickr Mobile site is refreshingly awesome, it’s stillContinue reading “Day 6: A Retreat”